Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire

170 reviews

darr76's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Child abuse

Minor: Death

crownoflaurel's review

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Pedophilia

Minor: Sexual harassment

with_drea's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Of the series, this is the one that haunts me in the best of ways. There's a particular passage towards the very end of the series that I think about often, largely for the yearning I experience by proxy. I would also say this is probably one of the ones that has better pacing compared to others in the series. I definitely want to see more of Antsy in the future!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Sexual harassment and Pedophilia

The author's note puts it best: "Themes of grooming and adult gaslighting are present in the early text. As a survivor of something very similar, I would not want to be surprised by these elements where I did not expect them. I just want to offer you this reassurance: Antsy runs. Before anything can actually happen, Antsy runs."

nisaak's review

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This was hard because Seanan gave us a content warning right up front. So I skimmed the beginning of the book until Antsy went through a Door for the first time. I’m glad there was a warning but it didn’t make it easier to read, really. Otherwise, I liked a lot of the story.

I’m glad Antsy got to see her mom and choose her destiny in the end

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting and Child abuse

Grooming

agnes_the_wyrm's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Pedophilia and Incest

erinngus's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

lorenmarie7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse

leila_reads_too_much's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

iaraya's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief and Pedophilia

takarakei's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This series is just so good. Please read the author's note at the beginning for content warnings. This one starts off very dark. I thought the metaphor for the shop which Antsy runs away to being a nexus to other worlds for children whom have experienced some kind of trauma/abuse and therefore have to grow up too fast was just perfection. I'll continue to read this series as long as Seanan writes more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pedophilia and Grief

Read author's note about content warnings

the main character Antsy is groomed/gaslit by her stepfather who is a pedophile but Antsy runs away from home before any on-page abuse occurs. It is referenced in not-graphic language throughout the book